Third Level

In November 2000, in the wake of the uncertainty regarding the U.S. presidential vote tallies in Florida, security expert Bruce Schneier penned an essay that Scott reprinted, with Bruce's permission, for Planet IT. In that essay, Schneier argued that one of the quintessential values of voting in this country - anonymity
- would be endangered in a society where all paper balloting is
replaced by electronic databases, where individual votes are aligned
with known individuals for the sake of validity and accuracy.

For his counter-argument, Scott wrote that the real danger was not that databases would accurately attribute votes to people, but would inaccurately do so.

Scott Fulton On Point

First there was the wheel, and you have to admit, the wheel was cool. After that, you had the boat and the hamburger, and technology was chugging right along with that whole evolution thing. Then there was the Web, and you had to wonder, after the wheel and the hamburger, how did things make such a sudden left turn and get so messed up so quickly? Displaying all the symptoms of having spent 35 years in the technology news business, Scott Fulton (often known as Scott M. Fulton, III, formerly known as D. F. Scott, sometimes known as that loud guy in the corner making the hand gestures) has taken it upon himself to move evolution back to a more sensible track. Stay in touch and see how far he gets.

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